Working Class Obama

Philadelphia Dems and Union Leaders Won't Let Up In Getting Out The Vote

Denise Dennis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Denise Dennis

PHILADELPHIA -- Brandon Lucas, 54, of Philadelphia has been a member of the Iron Workers Union for twenty years. His father, a Democratic committee m...

In Working-Class Pennsylvania, Union Reps and Football Stars Make Strong Case for Obama -- and Against McCain

Carl Davidson | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Carl Davidson

Organized labor has set its sights on winning Western Pennsylvania for Barack Obama. AFL-CIO chief John Sweeny came to the IBEW Local 712 Hall in Va...

The Billary Hillbillies

Chip Collis | Posted 05.31.2008 | Home


Chip Collis

The pundits, pollsters and general populace have it all wrong. Obama doesn't have a "working-class white" problem; Hillary has had a non-hillbilly problem for months.

White Lessons

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.15.2008 | Home


Leonce Gaiter

Maureen Dowd wonders why Obama seems less comfortable than Hillary, despite his hardscrabble background, mixing with the white working class. Dowd is clueless. It's because he's black.